Patient and caregiver were instructed on measures to promote personal safety for an individual with dementia as follows:

• Observe compliance with recommended assistive device use
• Install grab bars in bathrooms and handrails on staircases
• Remove all tripping hazards in the vicinity of seniors, such as cords and loos rugs
• Ensure adequate lighting, especially on the staircases
• Encourage compliance with periodical vision exam
• Review medications periodically, identify and manage medications that may contribute to dizziness and falls
• Limit intake of alcoholic beverages, as it can steeply increase risk for fall and accidents
• Ensure comfortable and secure footwear
• Use contrasting colors along the turns and corners to make the path clear and avoid any illusions
• Use fall alert devices or medical alert systems to notify caregivers or emergency services in the event of a fall
• Use low beds to help reduce the impact and risk for serious head injury, if a fall were to happen
• Encourage compliance with exercise plans and physical therapy schedules to help improve strength, coordination, and balance
• Encourage compliance with periodical vision and hearing checks
• Observe compliance with nutrition and fluid volume intake recommendations
• Secure use of seatbelts and proper fitting helmets while traveling in a car can help significantly reduce the impact of accidents and prevent risk for traumatic brain injury in dementia patients
• Encourage the dementia patients to carry a personal ID or a medical bracelet with GPS system. This can help caregivers locate their loved one in the event of wandering.
• Keeping doors always locked, adding safety locks out of the dementia patient’s reach, placing stop or closed signs on the exit doors, installing a smart doorbell that rings on opening the door, and keeping shoes and car keys out of sight, can all help promote personal safety for dementia patients and prevent wandering.